Social Change

Question 1

When was the end of capital punishment

Answer 1

1965/1969, pressure from the case of Ruth Ellis

Question 2

When was the Divorce reform act

Answer 2

1969

Question 3

What did the Divorce Reform Act allow

Answer 3

A ‘no fault’ divorce

Question 4

On what two grounds could a couple divorce on

Answer 4

1. Lived apart for two years + both partners agreed
2. Lived apart for 5 years + one partner

Question 5

How many divorces were there in 1950 compared to mid - 1970s

Answer 5

1950- 2 divorces per 1000 couples
mid 70s - 10 per 1000

Question 6

When was the abortion act

Answer 6

1967

Question 7

Before this act, how many ‘backstreet’ abortions were carried out.

Answer 7

between 1hunnidthousand and 200000

Question 8

What did the abortion act allow

Answer 8

Termination of a pregnancy within the first 28 weeks and the consent of two doctors

Question 9

When was the Sexual Offences act

Answer 9

1967

Question 10

On what 3 conditions did the act DECRIMINALISE (not legalise) homosexuality

Answer 10

1. Both consenting
2. Both over 21
3. Had to be in private

Question 11

By the 1960s, what were secondary modern pupils often seen as

Answer 11

11+ failures, the system appeared socially divisive and the majority of grammar school pupils were middle class.

Question 12

How many students were educated in comprehensive schools by 1964

Answer 12

1 in 10, 10 x more than in 1951

Question 13

By 1970, how many comprehensive schools catered for 1 in 3 state educated children

Answer 13

1145

Question 14

How many polytechnics and universities were there by 1968

Answer 14

30 polytechnics, 56 Unis

Question 15

How many students did the open university have by 1980

Answer 15

70,000 and was awarding more degrees than oxford + Cambridge combined each year

Question 16

When was the equal pay act

Answer 16

1970

Question 17

What percent of journeys were made by car in 1974

Answer 17

77%

Question 18

By how much did foreign holidays increase between 1951 and 1971

Answer 18

5 million

Question 19

In 1968, what private member bill was passed with Roy Jenkins support

Answer 19

Private members bill to abolish theatrical censorship

Question 20

what percent of students in higher education were women.

Answer 20

28%

Question 21

What percent of women ever reached managerial posts in 1970

Question 22

After a spike in cocaine and heroin addiction, in what year did the dangerous drugs act make it unlawful to posses drugs.

Answer 22

1967

Question 23

How many people were arrested in March 1968 at an anti Nam war demonstration

Answer 23

200

Question 24

Who made the rivers of blood speech in 1965

Answer 24

Enoch Powell

Question 25

How many people in 1965 said in a survey they would refuse to live next to a black person

Answer 25

1/2

Question 26

What year did the first Race Relations act come in and what did it do

Answer 26

1965 - Labour forbode discrimination on ‘grounds of colour, race or… origins’

Question 27

What year did the second race relations act come out and what did it do.

Answer 27

1968 - Banned discrimination in employment, insurance etc.